Oscar Nominees

Note: When this post first went up I accidentally wrote that Kristin Wiig and Annie Mumolo had been nominated for writing The Artist which is of course very, very incorrect

And the nominees are:

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Director
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actor
Damien Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warriro
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asgar Farhadi, A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay
George Clooney, Grand Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne & Jim Rash, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Aaron Sorkin & Steve Zaillian, Moneyball

Best Film Editing
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Anne-Sophie Bion, The Artist
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Christopher Tellfeson, Moneyball

Best Cinematography
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Guillame Schiffman, The Artist

Best Art Direction
Laurence Bennett, The Artist
Rick Carter, War Horse
Stuart Craig, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Dante Ferretti, Hugo
Anne Seibel, Midnight In Paris

Best Costume Design
Mark Bridges, The Artist
Lisy Christl, Anonymous
Michael O'Connor, Jane Eyre
Arianne Phillips, W.E.
Sandy Powell, Hugo

Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Alberto Iglasias, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Howard Shore, Hugo
John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams, War Horse

Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet," The Muppets
"Real in Rio," Rio

Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss In Boots
Rango

Best Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Best Foreign Language Feature
Bullhead, Belgium
Footnote, Isreal
In Darkness, Poland
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada
A Separation, Iran